Hey folks, I worked on a script to deploy Autodesk 2026 (the one that uses the named user licenses). We don’t teach Mudbox, so that isn’t in the script...but Maya and AutoCAD is (along with Darwin..what a PIA to get working). I packaged the apps and deployed to /private/tmp/AutodeskApps… I have a lot of logging left in the script as Darwin is a royal pain and can fail at many different steps. I also made use of a lot of variables to hopefully make updating in the future easier. Oh, also did it in zsh.Hope you all find it useful, or at the very least, a good jumping off point!#!/bin/zshset -euo pipefail############################# VARIABLES############################YEAR="2026"TMP="/private/tmp"APP_TMP="${TMP}/AutodeskApps"LOG="/var/log/autodesk2026_install.log"DMG_LIST=( "Autodesk_Maya_2026_1_Update_ML_macOS.dmg" "Darwin.dmg" "AdskIdentityManager-UCT-Installer.dmg" "Autodesk_AutoCAD_2026_macOS.dmg")PKG_FILE="AdskLicensing-15.4.0.13093-mac-installer.pkg"INSTALL_SUMMARY=()log() {

Good morning all,When an app being supplied by Jamf is updating on the Ipad it seems to take 5 minutes. This is unfortunately disruptive to our Lower School teaching environment. The students us Clever to sign into their Google accounts and if one of those applications is updating, the process comes to a halt. My first thought is to figure out a configuration to let the updates install faster. Second thought is to  an update time for the ipads. I’d apprecate any help!

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Hi,i ran into a deadend, where i need your help =) We are currently trying to setup the content cache with parent-child config.A simple ping and netcat are succeeding.I have declared the settings as followed for example:parent: 172.10.10.1child: 20.20.20.1 While reloadSettings it is showing my parent as reloaded. But with “AssetCacheManagerUtil status”i get the output:Parent: (none)i actually cannot get it running.  

Hi there - I’m new here so if I’m somehow off-target with this post, please let me know! I looked around for a Welcome message with guidelines, but had no luck. Sorry if I misunderstand anything. Here is what I’ve come to ask:What is the simplest effective way to properly secure 1-3 Macbooks? The scale is small but security requirements happen to be high (imagine a law firm, for example). I need both a professional configuration, which I’ll tweak for our purposes, and a deployment tool, but an entire MDM solution is way too much. Some background: I’m an experienced admin on other platforms, I’ve lightly used and helped out people with Macs for a long time but I’m new to actual, professional Mac adminsitration. Now I have just a few Macbooks, one to start. To narrow scope, I’m not worried about configuring or locking down user behavior, productivty, or updates and management (for this purpose). I need to lock down system and network behavior, including protecting identity (so no iCloud,

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Where I work two different teams manage the MacOS and iOS devices. It would be nice to limit the iOS team to only devices and MacOS team to only computers. I know you can do this by creating a site but it seems like a lot of work to move all our iOS stuff to a new site.

What’s the best way to add an app to Restricted Software that has a number (e.g. App Name 3.app, App Name 4.app, etc) Activity monitor shows the process name with the number as well?  Do I just need to create a separate entry for each version? 

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Hi all,I'm running 2 macOS VMs on a bare-metal Mac (host is also macOS). I'm seeing inconsistent iMessage sign-in behavior depending on the Apple ID type and whether it's bare metal or virtualized:Managed Apple ID (ABM-issued): signs into iMessage fine on the bare-metal host.Same Managed Apple ID: fails to sign into iMessage inside the VM on the same physical machine.Personal/basic Apple ID: signs in fine in the VM without issue.Has anyone run into this specific combination — MAID working on bare metal but not inside a VM, while a personal ID works fine in both? 

I’m using a Jamf Pro Policy to remove dock items from student laptops.  Process works slick, except for the Apple TV app, which stubbornly hangs in there, in spite of my efforts.  Anyone else experience this problem, and perhaps found a solution?  I’ve read about the dockutil, and will probably fool around with it when I have time, but the JAMF GUI would be my preferred solution, if it would work.  Please share ideas. Thanks

Hi,so I just noticed that the configuration profile payload that defers macOS Updates up to 90 days is deprecated. So I was wondering how you are supposed stop your users from updating to the next macOS Version, once this is removed. Does anyone know? Kind regards

Hi All,  Does anyone has a method after User has action SSO on the system that Jamf Pro will extract all there details from Entra ID included there department to the User and Location information for there system in Jamf ProThanks in Advance

Hello Team,As per the organization's policy, all eligible devices are required to be updated with the latest macOS security updates.We have observed an issue on a few devices that are compatible with macOS Sonoma. After applying the latest security update from macOS 15.7.7 to 15.7.8, the devices became stuck at the login screen and users were unable to log in successfully.Could you please confirm whether there are any known bugs or reported issues associated with the latest macOS security update that could be causing this behavior? Additionally, kindly advise if any workaround or fix is available. 

Hi, anyone know how I can suppress this notification, what should one configure in the configuration profile? I think it might have something to do with the management action app, based on the icon. I’ve configured a Management Action profile with a notifications payload a coupla months back but looks like it don’t work. I’m concerned users are going to start logging tickets for this 

Trying to offboard a business org user who is keeping their laptop but it has to be wiped. However it is not accepting the activation unlock code.Steps taken: 1 - device was locked from jamf now2 - device was erased by sending “Erase device” command from jamf now.3 - Unlock code was provided to user to unlock. It failed. 4 - Tried to use activation unlock from Apple Business Manager. ABM now says the activation lock disabled, but device still shows activation lock screen. What else can I try as the MDM admin/ABM contact?

Hi team,We are looking to strengthen our change management and security controls within Jamf Pro. Specifically, we're exploring ways to implement a peer review workflow for high-risk payloads like Config profiles, policies and scripts.Currently, any admin with edit permissions can save and deploy those changes immediately. For us, having a single admin able to make immediate, wide-reaching changes introduces significant risk—whether from accidental misconfiguration or compromised admin credentials.We’ve considered reducing the permission scope of admins and granting limited time admin elevations,  but we’re mostly interested in payload-level security here which we think is best to solve the problem.Curious to hear if you’ve thought of this, or if there’s any non-native way to solve it.I tried searching through the this forum and the mac-admins slack but couldn’t find any previous discussions on it. Feel free to point me to one if it already exist.Thanks!

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Hey So Im looking to turn the hadware history of inventory into an extension attriubute that udaptes when the OS changes. I mnot sure if this is the right way to go however I made a script that runs during invetnory check in however its only pulling in with the OS was downloaded to install. Any suggetions on how to get this set up so other techs can use the extension t oassist with troubleshooting? 

will their ever be a possibility that jamf adds Custom ODIC For  Jamf Now, I love using jamf now in my little 1 device homelab and it would be fun if I can setup my Authentik as jamf now

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Hi everyone,I've been working through a deployment of Platform SSO Simplified Setup on macOS 26 using Microsoft Company Portal 5.2604.1 (5.2604.0 or newer is required per documentation), and I've hit a wall with username/account name mapping that I wanted to share in case others are running into the same thing and could potentially provide some alternative options.---Our Setup- Jamf Pro 11.28.1- macOS 26- Microsoft Company Portal 5.2604.1 (deployed as a PreStage package)- Microsoft Entra ID- PSSO profile with Simplified Setup enabled (EnableCreateFirstUserDuringSetup + EnableCreateNewUserAtLogin both true)- Authentication method: Password- Associated Domains payload included in the same profile---The ProblemEverything works end-to-end — Simplified Setup fires during the Setup Assistant, the user signs in with their Entra credentials, and a local account gets created. However, the local account short name is being set to the full preferred_username value (e.g. John.Smith@company.com), w

Anyone having some users upgrade to macOS 26.6 and now after they login with username password they are then greeted with a black screen. They can’t do anything else. We use Jamf Connect, users didn’t have any issues until they upgraded to macOS 26.6.

​@daniela wrote a great piece on the Tech Thoughts Blog that gave this User Group a shoutout. Wanted to share it here for us all give Daniela some support and discuss as well.  I had my own moment like this recently.One of my friends is a librarian who ran a teen program and she introduced me to one of the teens who’s now in college stumbled into IT. I was so excited to chat and she told me that it was exciting to find someone to talk to that understood the tech she was learning about and interested. I offered my number to her and told her even if you think I already know about it if you ever need someone to share your wins with to text me. It made me so excited and remembered ( and did math that maybe I didn’t want to do LOL) how I felt when I first got into tech and how the folks who listened and took the time with me meant so much. I’m happy to return the favor. What are ways that you all find to do that and got any other recommendations?